The Ukrainian Depots are not Russian ones though, and if it causes oil prices to rise, then that is good for Russia, especially if it can sucker the EU and US into paying to repair it for their own interests.
That and Putin is quite willing to make a desert and call it peace. And as he ramps up the escalatory measures, the pressure mounts on Zelensky to throw in the towel.
Don't forget Putin leveled Chechnya to the point Kadyrov felt it better to take his silver rather than eat his lead.
And Syria... Well a whole lot of Rebel Holdouts and pockets no longer exist that aren't directly connected to Turkey or under a petulant US protection in the middle of nowhere with no food.
Putin officially come as liberators to fellow russians who belived themselves to be ukrainians.If he made desert,he lost,becouse then everybody would knew that he lied from the start.
Czeczenya is now funded by Putin,practically not paing taxes,and Kadyrow is ruling as he please turning population into good muslims and making movies of bad NKWD and great Czeczen fighting them.
If Putin wontedto do so in Ukraine,he woud must pay40 times more bribes and let UPA rule Ukraine.
P.S Putin is fighting long war,becouse he made pact with Biden handlers,he could arleady win.
People calling Zelensky brave for hiding in his nuclear bunker under Kiev, coming out once a week like the clown to make broadcasts to the "free world" and beg for aid whilst spending money hiring foreign mercenaries because the Ukrainian people are refusing the draft.
meanwhile, the politicians of the Donetsk People's Republic are all volunteering for combat.
The ukie neo-fascists and neo-nazis will be ground into dust and smashed into grease spots.
Zelensky is not fighting some puppets in Doneck,but Putin.Show us,when exactly Putin fought anybody? He is KGB,his bravery means torturing prisoners and sending others to die for him.
Which do not matter anyway - If Putin wanted victory,he would arleady take Kiev.Cinsidering what happened so far,his main interest is killing as many russian paras as possible.
Which is logical for KGB - who could made putch to save Russia,if not them?